Improvement in skate-fastenings



UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

FRANK DOUGLAS, OF NORWIOH,OONNEOTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATE-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,800, dated September 8, 1863.

To all nllom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, FRANK DOUGLAS, otNorwich, in the connt7 ot'New London and State of Oonnecticut, have invented a. new and useful Mode ot' Fastening' Skate-Runners to the Wood or Stock; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe saine, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which- Fig'ure lis :t vertical section of the skate and fastening, cut through the center of the heel-screw. Fig'. 2 is a section ot' runner. rig'. 3 is a view ot' under side ot' Harige-washer. Fig'. 4 is atop View ofthe flange-washer, showingj the projections to receive screw-head. Fig. 5 is a side View of dovetail screw-head.

Similar letters of reference. indicate corre- Sponding;` parts of all the figures.

The object ot' my invention is to produce a irni and convenient fastening for n club or any other kind ot" skate without letting the runner into the wood or stock.

A is the runner; g, the projection on runner. Aisitted into hole H ofange-washer B, and irmlyriveted down, as represented in Fig. The projections c con upper side of Harige washer B are made dovetailing to receive tire oblongt dovetailed head E ot' screw D. The nut F fits onto screw I), and is let into upper side of wood or stock K.

The parts are put together as follows: Bunner A is firmly riveted to flfrugewasher B, and the dovetailed head of' screw D slides in between projections c c of flange-washer B. The wood or stock K is counter-bored on bottom to receive flange-washer B, and on top to receive nut F, which is rinly .screwed down ou screw D, thus binding the whole tightly together.

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letl ters Patent, is

1. The ijangewashe' B,with proiectionsec, to receive a flat or dovetail head of screw D when firmly' attached to a skuterunner, His herein described.

2. The screw D, with dat or dovetail head, when used incomhination with the flangewasher B and nut F, for the purpose herein specified.

FRANK DOUGLAS. Witnesses:

OTHNIEL GAGuR, ZEBULON B. BOBBINS. 

